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Genesis 44:27
Genesis 44:27 is verse 27 of Genesis chapter 44, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
King James Version
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
World English Bible
Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
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Genesis 44:25–29 · Berean Standard Bible
25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
26 But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
27 And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
28 When one of them was gone, I said: “Surely he has been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
29 Now if you also take this one from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 29:18Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
Genesis 29:19Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
Genesis 29:20So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
Genesis 29:21Finally Jacob said to Laban, “Grant me my wife, for my time is complete, and I want to sleep with her.”
Genesis 29:28And Jacob did just that. He finished the week’s celebration, and Laban gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife.
Genesis 30:22Then God remembered Rachel. He listened to her and opened her womb,
Genesis 30:23and she conceived and gave birth to a son. “God has taken away my shame,” she said.
Genesis 30:24She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.”
Genesis 30:25Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.
Genesis 35:16Later, they set out from Bethel, and while they were still some distance from Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth, and her labor was difficult.
Genesis 35:17During her severe labor, the midwife said to her, “Do not be afraid, for you are having another son.”
Genesis 35:18And with her last breath—for she was dying—she named him Ben-oni. But his father called him Benjamin.
Genesis 46:19The sons of Jacob’s wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.